Auction 64 · Lot 163
(Liturgy). Prière de l’Après-Midi du Sabbath.
- Estimate
- $1,200–$1,800
- Hammer price
- $2,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(MINIATURE BOOK).
printer
Lehmann
Place
Paris
Publication
1858
Description
Text entirely in French, prepared by Mardochée Venture. Few words in transliterated Hebrew. Two title-pages. Contemporary crushed morocco, gilt doublures with dentelles and silk endpapers, the front gilt-tooled with owner’s name.
summary
An exquisite miniature prayer-book beautifully bound for a woman: “Amélie.”
pp. (2), 38, (4). Extremities touch rubbed. 32mo.
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